Researchers should study how belief style correlates with belief content

Evidence

In future research, rather than throwing away that part of a given dimension of personal religion (means, end, quest) associated with given types of religious beliefs, it may be wise to focus attention on these associations. How and what one believes may be inextricably entwined. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2576

In future research, rather than throwing away that part of a given dimension of personal religion (means, end, quest) associated with given types of religious beliefs, it may be wise to focus attention on these associations. How and what one believes may be inextricably entwined. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2576

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: what does the means/end/quest framework look like if how and what people believe cannot be separated? Does the field have any measure of ‘how’ that is not itself confounded with creedal content?
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2576; , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2576
• XREF: connects to: Structural psychological and cultural explanations of belief are mutually implicated and inseparable — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 169